semasiography

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σημασία (sēmasía, “the meaning of a word”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “-graphy, writing”), from σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I show by a sign, signify”), from σῆμα (sêma, “a mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

semasiography (countable and uncountable, plural semasiographies)

1. Any system of writing that uses graphemes which denote meaningful elements of speech.

Related terms

• semasiology

Further reading

• semasiography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia